Chapter 4
I walked over to the wall where the monsters had left their hole. I focused onto the emptiness and felt magic surge throughout my body. I outstretched my hand and it looked as if I was telling something to stop. I whispered, "Kan'ari on ah kan ru…" and felt the magic quickly formal a circle on the empty space, the wordings only I could read.
Instantly, the parts of the wall flew back together and looked completely different from when it had been blown open. I nodded in satisfaction and sat back down, chaos stared at me with his amazing green eyes. They almost seemed to glow.
"Yes?" I asked after a few seconds with his stare.
"That was amazing," he said, his voice showing that I had left an impression on him. I scratched the back of my head to show I was embarrassed.
"It's alright," I said. "It's what you have to learn when you meet a couple of strange people in your life."
"You said it," chaos replied, nodding. "You should meet some of my friends. Especially, Jr. He'd be so surprised in what you did when our technology usually takes so much longer to fix something that harsh."
"Really?" I asked, amazed. "Could you tell me more about your friends? If you don't mind though, if you do I'll just leave you alone about it. Actually, let's not talk about it at all. Let's pretend it never happened. That way, it'll be like I never asked you and nothing bad, if any, came up."
"Calm down," he said, his hands waving gently to tell me to slow down. "It's alright. I'd love to tell you about my friends. Jr. is really the rudest of them all. He loved the curry rice Shion made. Hers is similar to yours except a bit spicier. It was always delicious. Shion is a real genius, she helped designed this robot named KOS-MOS. KOS-MOS is an amazing battle robot. She can destroy a lot of enemies within a set limit. Shion is very kind and shy towards others."
He continued on, my mind imagining what they all looked like in my head. I could hear the stubborn Jr. speak and the quiet, yet powerful, MOMO being so happy to hear that she could meet her mother. I was so entranced in what he told me about his friends. It reminded me of my own. A little strange group of people, most total opposites and yet we all can get along and laugh.
"That's so amazing," I commented, pure amazement soaring throughout my body. It made me so happy to see his eyes brighten up a little bit to talk about his friends. "I'm glad your friends are about as rowdy as mine."
"You know," he stated, brushing a hair out of my face. "You seem a lot like Shion. Quiet and thoughtful, always thinking about her friends first and always willing to go into battle when needed."
I shook my head. "Oh no, I could never be as smart or as witty as you say she is. I'm not even close to being anyone in part of your group."
"What about me?" he asked, staring. "You're a little like me also."
I looked at him, with confusion and shock. I didn't even know anything, but his name and yet, he thinks I'm like him. He's so kind to say something like that. "Thank you. I hate to be rude, but I don't know much about you. For saying that I am much like you, you are truly kind to me, chaos."
That was the first time I said his name. He seemed to smile, understanding what I meant. "You want me to tell about myself to you?"
I shook his head. "Oh, no, no! I'm sure you would so much more prefer to keep to yourself. Please, I have already invaded much of your privacy! I couldn't accept anything more."
He chuckled softly and looked up at me. "You're completely right. Maybe I should be a bit more secretive to myself."
I nodded. "Everyone has a thing or two they must keep to themselves."
chaos sat there in silence. I had to break the silence, I felt uncomfortable now. He was giving off this aura that I couldn't figure out. It was happy, sad, and yet, neither of them. "chaos," I said quietly. He looked up at me. "Is there something you'd like to know about me?"
"Oh," he said, shaking his head softly. "Did it seem like I was doing that? Sorry."
"Oh, no, but your aura, it feels… strange. Not to be rude or anything!" I added quickly to make sure I wouldn't have insulted him or anything. "It just feels… like you can't decide what to feel at the moment."
"My aura?" he asked, he looked at his gloves.
"Yeah, the sense of living you give off," I explained. "Well, it's hard to explain, some people can see aura, some can feel it, like me, others can smell it, but everyone makes it. But what I find most amazing is when someone can apply their aura and use it to attack! Aura, however, lasts forever, even after death. You know how you get that shiver before you see the ghost? You sense their stronger and more dense aura."
"Oh," chaos said, understanding. "And you can… feel people's aura?"
"Yes, I can," I replied smiling. "When I focus all my attention onto one person, I feel exactly the same as they do. I feel all auras though."
"And you can't comprehend what mine is?"
"No, I can. I just can't right now because… you don't know what you feel yourself," I replied, smiling happily. "Not to be corny, but I love your aura. That aura you gave off when you told me about your friends, it was so happy I felt happy also."
"I admit," chaos replied. "I don't know what I'm supposed to be feeling either."
"You… need a hug?" I asked. He looked at me with such shock I took my statement back. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just… when I'm really confused, I hug my stuffed animal and tell it all my problems and I always feel so much better. I just thought, you might need a hug."
He smiled. "Thanks for the offer, but… I'm not much of a hugging person."
I bowed my head down. "I sincerely apologize. I must've scared you bad. Maybe I should leave the room."
I got up and turned around. I was about to take a step when chaos grabbed my hand; I turned back, feeling a strange flow throughout my body. "It's all right if you stay," he told me. "I don't mind you at all. Maybe we need some fresh air."
I nodded; he was so kind to me. I was so sure he was the same to everyone else and that made me so happy. "Alright."
End of Chapter 4
Author's Note: Kan'ari on ah kan ru… means, fix yourself. It is more towards inanimate objects than real people. However, Sumina won't use that spell on people.